New research out this week concludes that there is insufficient evidence for the use of taking an Omega 3 fatty acid supplement in treating major depressive disorder.Omega 3 fatty acids are widely thought to be essential for good health and are naturally found in fatty…

Early physical therapy for recent-onset low back pain resulted in statistically significant improvement in disability compared to usual care, but the improvement was modest and did not achieve a difference considered clinically important at the individual patient level, according to a study in the October…

Calcium supplements may increase the risk of kidney stone recurrence, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2015 November 3¬–8.While eating foods rich in calcium has protective effects against kidney stones, the effect of supplementation with calcium and vitamin D…

Teens who spend hours on the Internet may be at risk for high blood pressure, say researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.In a study published in the Journal of School Nursing, researchers found that teens who spent at least 14 hours a week on…

New research from the University of Southampton has found that copper can effectively help to prevent the spread of respiratory viruses, which are linked to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).Animal coronaviruses that ‘host jump’ to humans, such as SARS…

Study Published in Pediatrics Determined No Difference in Treatment Efficacy of Common and Costly Illness With no proven therapies effective beyond supportive care, a team of clinician researchers at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) sought to test the superiority of three percent (3 %)…

Researchers at Aalto University and University of Turku have revealed how obesity surgery recovers opioid neurotransmission in the brain.Finnish researchers found that obesity surgery and concomitant weight loss normalized brain’s opioid neurotransmission, which is involved in generating pleasurable sensations. Obesity surgery provides an effective means…

Getting more sun in pregnancy can lead to higher birth weight and later puberty for girlsWomen who were born in the summer are more likely to be healthy adults, suggests new research published in the journal Heliyon. The authors of the study, which involved almost…

As you sit and read this at your desk, fluid is slowly leaking out of the porous cartilage in your knee into a membrane-walled cavity between your upper and lower leg bones.Cartilage is filled with fluid — about 80% of the volume of the cartilage…

Flu season is fast approaching, but because of the nature of the virus, it is difficult for experts to determine when the season will peak and how severe and long it will be. Though flu seasons are unpredictable, experts agree that early vaccinations are the…

Lowering systolic blood pressure below the currently recommended target can reduce the risk of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), the most common complication of high blood pressure, according to new research.The study, led by Elsayed Z. Soliman, M.D., director of the Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center at…

Preventing drug use from becoming addiction would have health and financial benefits Brief interventions in primary care clinics could curb patients’ drug use, UCLA study shows.  Preventing drug use from becoming addiction would have health and financial benefitsA few minutes of counseling in a primary…